kgelner

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   by kgelner 16y ago

   Just compile needed UNIX software for MacOS, you lose no freedom running OS X as a base OS. It's a real UNIX, it even ships with Bash...
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   by kgelner 17y ago

   This new quote from Gruber underlies exactly where the decline really matters most: "It’s not that they need those customers, but that they used to drive the industry’s technical agenda, but now they don’t." Where is Microsoft really drivin
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   by kgelner 17y ago

   I write iPhone applications for a living. I don't see the App Store process as being developer hostile, at all. Yes there are a few specific areas where it's basically a hostile environment for development. But there is a far wider range
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   by kgelner 17y ago

   "If he had he probably would have noticed that over 90% of the desktops running Windows. Many of them with ie locked down." But think about how astounding that figure is. 10% of systems in a company being something else in an environment u
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   by kgelner 17y ago

   "but guess who will win in the emerging markets like China, India and Brazil." The one with the best mobile OS? Unless Microsoft buys Palm, it's not Microsoft. Sure iPhones are expensive now - but older ones will start reducing in price for
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   by kgelner 17y ago

   Go to any modern technical conference (except the Microsoft specific ones of course) and you can see the truth in what he is saying.